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(Juvenile Court Reliefs), (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Bail, Frank W., architect. Frank W. Bail Co., architectural firm. Italian Fresco and Decoration Company, fabricator. Title:  (Juvenile Court Reliefs), (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1932. Medium:  Stone. Dimensions:  Main relief: approx. H. 15 ft. x W. 5 ft.; Base: approx. H. 1 ft. x W. 5 ft. Description:  Series of eleven decorative reliefs incorporated into the building's facade. Main relief located over front entrance shows a standing woman flanked by two children: a boy, proper right, holding a baseball bat and ball, and a girl, proper left, holding a doll; woman's hands touch the nearer shoulder of each child. Remaining reliefs show one or two children in varied poses (seated, reclining) with objects indicative of play and study, including books, paper, pencils, globe, t-square, oil lamp, and kite. One relief is non-figural and portrays flowers. Subject:  Children Figure female -- Full length Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object -- Other -- Globe Object -- Art Tool -- Square Object -- Toy -- Sports Equipment Object -- Toy -- Ball Object -- Toy -- Kite Object -- Other -- Lantern Object Type:  Architectural component Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Cuyahoga County, Department of Central Services, 208 St. Clair Avenue, N.W., Charles Building, Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Located Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Buildings, 2163 East 22nd Street, Cleveland, Ohio Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. Frank W. Bail and his company were the architects of the Juvenile Court buildings. Italian Fresco and Decoration Company was awarded a contract for the decoration of the buildings probably in 1932, cost not to exceed $10,000. Incoming SOS! report notes existence of photograph dated April 19, 1932 showing building in progress with some sculpture already in place over entrance (photocopy in IAS files). IAS files contain further information pertaining to the dimensions and precise locations of individual reliefs in the series. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1992. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS OH000094   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000094 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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